U.S. immigration bill draws mixed reviews

10:29 PM,
Apr. 16, 2013

Written by

Alan Gomez
USA Today

When Roy Beck finally saw the details of an immigration deal brokered by a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday, the outspoken opponent of granting legal status to the nation's unauthorized immigrants had a hard time finding the right words to express himself.

"I just never expected the bill to be this bad," said Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, a group that helped sink the last attempt to change the nation's immigration laws in 2007 and is trying to do the same this time.

With so many components in the far-reaching bill, reactions varied Tuesday after the Senate's "Gang of Eight" ...